Friday, February 10, 2012
- Jamaat Ali Shah rejects treason charges
- Letter sent to BlackBerry Company: DAG
- PM will appear before SC on Feb 13, confirms Aitzaz
- India test-fires ballistic missile interceptor
- MQM seeks SC notice over Bilour's interview
- Russia proposes bilateral extradition treaty with US
- Karachi violence claims seven lives
- SC rejects PM Gilani's appeal
- 9 sentenced for London Stock Exchange terror plot
- Greece reaches deal on austerity
The Nation in print for Friday, October 10, 2008
Front Page
4 schoolgirls among 11 dead in Dir bomb blast
UPPER DIR - At least 11 persons including four schoolgirls were killed and over a dozen injured near Dir when some unknown militants attacked a police vehicle with an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) on Thursday, officials said on Thursday. Three policemen, four prisoners and four minor ...
MPs unhappy over scant security briefing
ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani would take the Parliament into confidence on elements of Pak-US cooperation in war ...
Situation in Pakistan tenuous: US
WASHINGTON - Government corruption and the rise in the Taliban's influence are leading Afghanistan in a "downward spiral", a ...
President updated on nukes, missiles
ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari Thursday vowed to develop further country's missile programme and maintain a minimum ...
International
Maldives presidential battle goes to 2nd round
MALE (AFP) - The first-ever democratic presidential battle in the Maldives is to go into a second round after Asia's ...
President calls snap parliamentary polls
KIEV (AFP) - Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko on Thursday called early general elections after dissolving parliament when ...
Nato to take fresh steps against Afghan drug trade
BUDAPEST (AFP) - Nato nations struggled Thursday to agree new steps to combat opium production in Afghanistan by hunting down ...
Saudi visit a push to seek mediation: Karzai's brother
KANDAHAR (AFP) - A brother of President Hamid Karzai said Thursday his visit to Saudi Arabia last month was part of an Afghan ...
North Korea navy warns of possible sea clash with South
SEOUL (AFP) - North Korea's naval command on Thursday accused South Korean ships of violating its territorial waters in the ...
Financial crisis may increase suicide risk
GENEVA (AFP) - The global economic crisis is likely to cause an upsurge in suicides and mental illness as people struggle to cope ...
2nd Muslim made minister in UK cabinet
LONDON (Agencies) - A London Muslim member of the Parliament has been appointed as the junior Minister in the cabinet of Prime ...
Afghans reject US military finding
HERAT, Afghanistan (AFP) - Afghan investigators rejected Thursday a US military finding that 33 civilians were killed in air ...
Giantkillers B'desh stun New Zealand
DHAKA (AFP) - Zunaed Siddique and Mashrafe Mortaza scripted Bangladesh's first-ever victory over New Zealand in one-day cricket ...
Gonzalez saves five match points to beat Gulbis
VIENNA (AFP) - Fernando Gonzalez fought off five match points before defeating Latvia's Ernests Gulbis 4-6, 7-6 (13/11), 6-1 to ...
Slumping Ivanovic feels Moscow chill
MOSCOW (AFP) - French Open champion Ana Ivanovic slumped to another dispiriting defeat on Wednesday when she was knocked out of ...
Business
Global food, fuel crisis will increase malnourished by 44 mln: WB
WASHINGTON - High food and fuel prices will increase the number of malnourished people around the world in 2008 by 44 million to ...
Banks to get access to Rs160b after cut in CRR
KARACHI - The banking system would get back Rs160 billion after the central bank's decision of reducing the cash reserve ...
Textile faces challenges in int'l markets due to energy shortage
LAHORE - Owing to considerable share of energy in total operating cost and anticipated higher cost of energy, Pakistan's textile ...
Foreign exchange reserves up $190m to $8.32 billion
KARACHI - The foreign exchange reserves of Pakistan have increased by $190 million to $8.32 billion in the week ended on October ...
Market bearish with limited upward movement
LAHORE - Market kept previous bearish trend intact with limited upwards movement and KSE 100-index went up to 9,181.35 points ...
Gold price up by Rs3,000 in Peshawar
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The gold price has jumped to Rs27, 300 per 10 grams with the increase of Rs3000 in Peshawar. Sharp increase ...
EU should avoid unilateral steps in financial crisis: IMF
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The head of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, said Thursday that European Union ...
Tarin appointment welcomed
LAHORE - The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) welcomed the appointment of Shaukat Tarin as adviser to prime ...
Bank Alfalah unfolds new phase of expansions
LAHORE - Bank Alfalah has recently unfolded a new phase of expansion by planning 49 new branches across Pakistan in order to meet ...
Seafood export up by 31.53 per cent
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The seafood export during July-August (2008-09) witnessed an increase of 31.53 percent as compared to the ...
Politics
Zardari vows to wipe out cancer of terror
ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari reaffirmed on Thursday that the scourge of terrorism would be rooted out from the country, ...
US welcomes tribes' support to Army
WASHINGTON - While reaffirming US commitment for security and economic support to Pakistan, a senior American diplomat has ...
Outrage over hefty raise in KESC tariff
KARACHI - The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has issued the notification of 70 per cent rise in the power ...
Dr Atta resigns as HEC chief
ISLAMABAD- The Chairman Higher Education Commission Prof. Dr Atta-ur-Rehman has tendered his resignation to the President on ...
Severe gas supply crunch likely
LAHORE - Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Ltd (SNGPL) Managing Director Abdur Rashid Lone said on Thursday that a severe gas supply ...
Attacker blasts self
PESHAWAR (PPI) - Suicide bomber missed the target to cause loss of billion rupees to transporters on Pak-Afghan Highway near ...
Burqa-clad bomber held
RAWALPINDI (APP) - The Airport Security Force (ASF) has arrested an alleged suicide bomber who was trying to board a plane here ...
No faith in US judicial system, Aafia tells Pak MPs
NEW YORK - Dr Aafia Siddiqui, who faces charges of attempted murder and assault, does not have faith in the US judicial system ...
Sino-Pak N-energy deal likely
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan and China are likely to enter into a vital deal on more nuclear plants, to be set up on Pakistani soil with ...
Govt fixes sugarcane price for Punjab, Sindh
ISLAMABAD - The federal government on Thursday fixed minimum purchasing price of sugarcane for Punjab and Sindh for the ...
UK warns its citizens against terror threat
LONDON - The British government on Thursday reviewed and reissued its travel advice about Pakistan with the factual amendments to ...
Entertainment
Listed Cos Regulations
LAHORE - In order to further strengthen the legal framework pertaining to the takeovers of listed companies the Securities and ...
France's Le Clezio wins Nobel Literature Prize
STOCKHOLM (AFP) - French author Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio won the 2008 Nobel Literature Prize on Thursday, the Swedish Academy ...
Man kept wife at home for 50 years
THE wife was only allowed out of the house when accompanied by him, and was not allowed to speak with anyone else. She raised ...
Spears ready for trial in driving licence case
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Troubled pop singer Britney Spears is ready to go on trial to clear her name for allegedly driving without a ...
Scientists to see how sheep breathe can affect climate
IT sounds like a woolly idea, but Australian sheep are to be fitted with gas masks to find out how much they are affecting the ...
DNA can reveal your surname
SCIENTISTS at the Department of Genetics at the University of Leicester, where the revolutionary technique of genetic ...
Nine-ton killer whales dance
THEY are probably one of the best, and certainly one of the heaviest, synchronised swimming teams in the world. Peeping out ...
Paris hits London
SHE'S here to make friends - though you'd never have guessed it by Paris Hilton's behaviour yesterday. The heiress has come to ...
Islamabad
President Gold Medal Golf Championship from today
ISLAMABAD - The 26th President of Pakistan Gold Medal Golf Championship will tee off from Friday (today) at Islamabad Golf Club ...
'Paradigm shift needed to overcome terror, militancy'
ISLAMABAD - A paradigm shift is needed to overcome the prevailing unrest, uncertainty and violence in the society, said ...
EC to take up MPs assets details on 14th
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Election Commission of Pakistan would meet on October 14 to approve the statements of assets and liabilities of ...
Government urged to ensure writ of law
ISLAMABAD - Representatives of civil society here on Thursday urged the government to establish the rule of law in the country ...
Dilapidated roads troubling motorists
RAWALPINDI - Most of the city roads are in dilapidated condition, which are causing great hardships for both motorists and ...
Govt committed to rehabilitate quake affectees
ISLAMABAD- Federal Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Northern Areas, Qamaruz Zaman Kaira has said that the government of Pakistan ...
Capital blast widely flayed
ISLAMABAD - The Leader of the House in the Senate, Senator Mian Raza Rabbani has also condemned the blast terming it ...
National
Toronto twenty20: Sri Lanka start as firm favourites
1st Match - Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe Maple Leaf North-West Ground, King City A strong Sri Lankan team will take on Zimbabwe in ...
2nd Match - Canada v Pakistan
Pakistan team has prepared well for this event by playing the RBS 20-20 Cup at home. The team looks a balanced one with ace fast ...
Karachi
Zardari given jail reforms proposals
KARACHI - President Asif Ali Zardari has directed the Chairman Standing Committee Ministry of Interior, Senator Talha Mehmood, to ...
Vehicle used in Islamabad blast snatched from Karachi
KARACHI - The explosive-laden vehicle used in the attack on police lines Islamabad was snatched in Karachi some four years ago, ...
Call to repair dug-up DHA roads
KARACHI - Residents of Defence Housing Authority (DHA) Karachi have to face serious difficulties and hardships due to incomplete ...
Altaf Hussain flays blast in Islamabad
Karachi - Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Leader Altaf Hussain has strongly condemned the suicide attack at Police Lines, ...
Atta's resignation blow to education
KARACHI - The new threat has been emerged for the higher education sector of country after suffering the immense financial crisis ...
Violence against women on the rise
KARACHI - Aurat Foundation has presented its third quarterly report from July-September 2008, under the auspices of its national ...
Lahore
Law machinery in defenceless corridors
LAHORE - After suicide attack at Police Lines in Islamabad, extraordinary security measures have been taken in and around all the ...
Pakistan was not created for army generals: Nizami
LAHORE - Editor-in-Chief daily The Nation and Nawa-i-Waqt, Majid Nizami has said that Pakistan was created in the name of Islam ...
ASI, 4 dacoits killed in encounter
LAHORE - Four criminals and a police official were killed in an encounter at the Dera of a local nazim near Saghian Chowk in ...
CM lauds services of ASI Akram
LAHORE - Namaz-e-Janaza of ASI Muhammad Akram of Anti-Car Lifting Staff who was killed in an encounter with dacoits near Sagian ...
Police indifferent to octogenarian's agony
LAHORE - The indifference of police towards agony of people due to rise of street crime has taken new heights. The police do not ...
Cop arrested red-handed
LAHORE - Anti-Corruption Establishment, in a trap raid, has arrested Muhammad Nadeem, Assistant Sub-Inspector of Punjab Police, ...
Pakistan cricket team flies to Canada
LAHORE - The 15-member Pakistan team left for Canada on a foreign airline on early Thursday morning with a hope of making up the ...
Misbah happy to play cricket
LAHORE - His captain might say that they are no favourites in the Twenty20 four-nation international tournament beginning in ...
Sallu explains reasons of resignation
LAHORE - Pakistan's chief cricket selector Salahuddin Ahmed Sallu said that the change of the team for Toronto Four-Nation ...
New chairman vows to revive Pakistan cricket
LAHORE - Newly-appointed chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board Ejaz Butt Ejaz Butt on Thursday promised to clean the mess and ...
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